Some of the nearly half-million people who attended Woodstock surround the stage as Joe Cocker performs at the famed rock concert near Bethel, N.Y., in 1969. Many of the young concertgoers had also indulged in free love and illegal drugs.Associated Press file photos

Aug. 15, 2009 in Features on Page E1
Forty years after Richie Havens sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, he still gets requests for “Freedom.” He’s not surprised.

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